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Opera Album Review: Hot News — Award-Winning First Recording of a Major Contemporary of the Young Verdi

November 25, 2023
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The whole recording reminds me that numerous forgotten but extremely accomplished nineteenth-century works can provide rich satisfactions when performed as well as this

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Book Review: “The Body of the Soul” — Life is a Game Worth Playing

November 24, 2023
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Ludmila Ulitskaya’s stories are fatalistic in spirit, but not morose.

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Book Review: “Democracy Awakening” — The Rise of Authoritarian Vistas

November 24, 2023
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This is a brilliant book that explains, with engaging clarity, why our politics have reached their current frightening nadir.

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Poetry Review: Ishion Hutchinson’s “School of Instructions” — Lured Through History

November 23, 2023
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Jamaican poet Ishion Hutchinson’s New-World, nonwhite perspective claims its own stake in a history that we have come too much to associate with its imperialist heavyweights.

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Book Review: “The Last Fall” is Up for the Count

November 23, 2023
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Sheldon Goldberg’s engaging first novel spotlights the world of pro wrestling.

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Jazz Album Reviews: Supple Piano Trios — Led by Les McCann and Bill Evans

November 22, 2023
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Two highly recommended sets available on vinyl in limited editions on Record Store Day, November 24. CD issues will follow shortly afterward.

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Classical Album & Streaming Reviews: “Spanish Impressions,” Boston Philharmonic Orchestra & Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra in Concert

November 22, 2023
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An admiring review of the latest disc from Hermitage Trio and praise for Boston Philharmonic and Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra concerts earlier this month at Symphony Hall.

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Jazz Album Reviews: Craft LP Reissues — Prime Examples of the Golden Age of Jazz Recording

November 21, 2023
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These jazz albums are splendid representations of the first full decade of LPs and of stereo recording as well.

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Classical CD Review: Andris Nelsons Conducts Shostakovich

November 21, 2023
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The final installment in the Boston Symphony Orchestra’ s Shostakovich symphonies series is not nearly as overwhelming as its kick-off disc.

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Theater Reviews: Smash Broadway Revival of Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along” and the Debut of His Final Show, “Here We Are”

November 21, 2023
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A Stephen Sondheim flop returns in triumph, while his final show tantalizes with what could have been.

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